Posted on: August 31, 2025
Manctel
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Splinter Cell
Pure nostalgia. Played on X-Box years ago. Comes flooding back. Cool!!
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
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The player takes on the role of Sam Fisher, an operative for the National Security Agency's sub agency, the Third Echelon. The Third Echelon consists of many Splinter Cells. It has the support and resources of the major U.S. intelligence agencies, but will never be recognised by the U.S. government. If any cell of Third Echelon is captured or compromised the government will disavow any knowledge of its existence and the remaining members will vanish.
Fisher is inducted into the Third Echelon with an important first mission. Two CIA agents have disappeared in T'Bilisi, Georgia after investigating communications blackouts in the area. Fisher will uncover more than a couple of corpses when he infiltrates the Georgian government and unveils a threat that will have devastating consequences for the American people.
Splinter Cell is a stealth-oriented action game set in a Tom Clancy-inspired landscape. All kinds of cool high-tech gadgets are at your disposal to help you neutralise terrorist threats. Night vision, thermal vision, EM sensors, sticky cams, and other whiz-bang tech toys help you spot the bad guys, and your broad array of weapons--lethal and not--include suppressed pistols and assault rifles, sticky shock bombs, Ring-Airfoil Projectiles, and the most lethal weapon of all: Sam Fisher himself. Climb, mantle, and sneak your way through a game that won E3 2002’s “Best Action/Adventure Game” award as well as the Game Developer’s Choice Award for Excellent in Writing. With a tightly-written plot, unbeatable mechanics, and an iconic character, it’s no wonder this is the start of a long--and excellent--series.
Fisher is inducted into the Third Echelon with an important first mission. Two CIA agents have disappeared in T'Bilisi, Georgia after investigating communications blackouts in the area. Fisher will uncover more than a couple of corpses when he infiltrates the Georgian government and unveils a threat that will have devastating consequences for the American people.
Splinter Cell is a stealth-oriented action game set in a Tom Clancy-inspired landscape. All kinds of cool high-tech gadgets are at your disposal to help you neutralise terrorist threats. Night vision, thermal vision, EM sensors, sticky cams, and other whiz-bang tech toys help you spot the bad guys, and your broad array of weapons--lethal and not--include suppressed pistols and assault rifles, sticky shock bombs, Ring-Airfoil Projectiles, and the most lethal weapon of all: Sam Fisher himself. Climb, mantle, and sneak your way through a game that won E3 2002’s “Best Action/Adventure Game” award as well as the Game Developer’s Choice Award for Excellent in Writing. With a tightly-written plot, unbeatable mechanics, and an iconic character, it’s no wonder this is the start of a long--and excellent--series.
- Includes Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®: Mission Pack with three additional missions: the original Kola Cell mission, Vselka Infiltration, and Vselka Submarine.
- Go Behind the Headlines into the real world of modern espionage.
- Diverse mission objectives achievable by different means for increased replay value.
- Highly interactive environments giving players more gameplay options and the ability suit their actions to their preferred gameplay style.
© 2002 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Splinter Cell, Sam Fisher, the Soldier Icon, Ubisoft, Ubi.com and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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12.5 hMain
14.5 h Main + Sides
15.5 h Completionist
13.5 h All Styles
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Third Person, Multiplayer, Difficult, Stealth
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User reviews
Posted on: October 23, 2013
Freddo
Verified ownerGames: 615 Reviews: 8
No Thief
It's no Thief, but still a somewhat ok sneaker with linear levels. And certainly better than the newer Splinter Cell games, although Chaos Theory is the best game in the series.
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Posted on: March 18, 2025
GIMPNxAINTxEASY
Verified ownerGames: 8 Reviews: 1
Its OK
for some reason there's no controller support even though it was a console game. have to use steam for controller support that's not even good
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Posted on: May 2, 2012
tarekmallo
Games: 224 Reviews: 4
Action Stealth Redefined Indeed
Action, stealth, gadgets, intrigue and you're favorite episode of 24 in a wet dream coming true. That's the power of Splinter Cell a well crafted espionage thriller that never fails to impress. GOG thanks a lot and keep them classics coming!
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Posted on: November 29, 2018
maddpsyintyst
Verified ownerGames: 40 Reviews: 11
Definitely Hasn't Aged Well
I'm a fan of the stealth genre and stealth elements in games. I decided to try this purported classic, cuz I never got to actually try it back when it was out. As my review title says, this game has not aged well at all. I'm sure lots of folks have a lot of memories of playing this game, but nostalgia has never been enough for me. I'm all about gameplay and immersion. There are games older than this (Thief 1 and 2, for example, and we may as well throw in all the fan missions from TTLG) that played better right out of the box. The stealth aspect is clunky--I snuck up very quietly on many guys, only to have them suddenly turn and shoot me dead. The mechanics of movement are not very good at all, and compared to today's games (both Styx games), this game is a massive step backward. I'm not going to gripe too much about the linearity of the game, since that was par for the course back in those days; and many games I'd say were better than this one were still somewhat linear--and really, what game isn't linear in the end, even with "multiple paths" to the same destination? I also don't gripe too much about old graphics, so long as I can tell what things are. In short, while I guess it's cool to have it at last and get a chance to play it, I feel like it's not worth the $10 I paid. I'm still going to finish it, just to see if the plot holds up, and to say I've played it.
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